Trolley



J. L. HANSON.

TROLLEY..

(No Model.)

No. 545,073 Patented Aug 27, 1895.

INVENTOH WITNESSES; 6. 0? @Lm/ A TTOHNE Y:

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETEE.

JULIUS L. HANSON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

TROLLEY.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,073, dated August27, 1895.

Application filed June 4, 1895. Serial No. 551,695. (No model.)

This invention has relation to a new and, novel lmprovement introlley-stands, the obj ect being to provide a trolley-stand adapted tobe used more particularly in connection with electric-motor cars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 showsja side elevation of myimproved trolleystand. Fig. 2 shows a top view of the supporting-post.Fig. 3 shows the springs open and detached, while Fig. 4 shows myimproved trolley-stand as depressed into its lowest possible position.

A represents a suitable base-plate of any desired size, by means ofwhich my improved stand is secured to the car-deck. Extending upwardlyfrom this plate is an ordinary cylindrical post B, which post is adaptedto revolubly hold a sleeve 0, having the outwardly and downwardly curvedarm D. This bracket is further provided with the bear ear E, as is shownmore clearly in Fig. 2. This sleeve Cis held upon the post B by means ofthe flange a. Working between the ears E is a hub F, held by means ofthe pin 2, which hub is provided with a rearwardly-extending ear G,adapted to hold the trolley-bar H. Adjustably secured to the bar H bymeans of the sleeve I is a hinge 5, one end of which is secured to theear 4 of the sleeve I. Extend ing from this hinge 5 is a plate K,provided with a bar 6, provided in front with a recurved ear 7, whichworks over a sleeve 8, fixed to the spring-stem 9, as shown in Fig. 3.The bar 6 is revolubly held upon this sleeve 8.

Adjustably secured to the bracket-arm D is a sleeve L, provided with aset-screw 10 and ear 11, which car 11 is adapted to engage a hub 12 forthe plate M, which hub 12 is engaged by said ear 11. Extending from thisplate M is a bar 20, the end of which is recurved to form an car 21,passing over the sleeves 22, secured to the spring-stem 30.

The spring'stem 9 continues in the form of a ring, and continuesapproximately at right angles thereto, ending in the stem 9, secured tothe plate M. The spring -stem continues in a ring ending in thespring-stem 35, extending approximately at right angles to the stem 30and being secured to the plate K, as shown in Fig 3. In their normalpositions the springs 9, 9', 30, and force the bar 11 from the arm D, sothat the springs approximately lie within one plane, as shown in Fig. 1.As the trolley-bar is depressed, however, the bars 6 and 20 are broughtnearer to the bars M and K, respectively, in the manner of a hinge, sothat there is exerted a torsion which the rings of the stems resist. Asthe plates M and K act in the form of a hinge, the fixed stems 35 and 9would be carried outward. By virtue of the sleeve I passing in an arc tomeet the sleeve L, this necessitates a revolving of the stems 9 and 30,which is permitted by means of the ears 7 and 21 loosely working uponthe sleeves 22 and 8. This spring is exceedingly cheap, and is madeadjustable by means of the sliding collars I and L, provided,respectively, with the set-screws 3 and 10.

Now, having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to obtain by United States Letters Patent, is

1. In a trolley stand the combination with a suitable base plate andpost, of a hub revolubly held upon said post, said hub being pro videdwith an extending arm, and ears, a trolley pole movably secured to saidears, an adjustable sleeve upon said extending arm, and adjustablesleeves upon said trolley pole, an extending bar movably secured to saidarm-sleeve, a bar movably secured to said pole-sleeve, a spring barmovably secured to said arm-sleeve continuing in a ring and terminatingin a stem, said stem being movably secured to the bar extending fromsaid polesleeve, a spring bar movably secured to said pole-sleeve andcontinuing in a ring and end ing in a stem, said stem being movablys-e-- cured to said bar extending from said bracket-sleeve, all arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the base plate, A,

provided with the extending post, B, of the M, the fixed bar, 6,extending from said plate,

K, the spring, 9, extending in a ring and being movably held by saidfixed bar, 6, the spring, 35, extending in a ringentwining said springs,9 and 9, the end, 30, being movably secured to the bar, 20, all arrangedsubstantiall'y as and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JULIUS L. HANSON. Vitnesses:

ELMER G. STARR, N. N. SUES.

